Investigating the potential of hyperspectral remote sensing data for the analysis of urban imperviousness [Elektronische Ressource] : a Berlin case study / eingereicht von Sebastian van der Linden

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin – Geographisches Institut Dissertation Investigating the potential of hyperspectral remote sensing data for the analysis of urban imperviousness – a Berlin case study zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium eingereicht von Sebastian van der Linden an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschafltiche Fakultät II Dekan: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Coy Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Patrick Hostert Prof. Dr. Hermann Kaufmann Dr. Christopher Small eingereicht: 1. November 2007 Datum der Promotion: 29. Januar 2008 Preface Being a young researcher in environmental sciences I had to face two inevitable truths: at first, my data – enormously large data sets of uncountable dimensions, acquired on an odd-shaped ellipsoid and somehow projected onto 2-D. At second, my colleagues – interesting people who are lots of fun to work with. Let me extend on the second a little. Patrick Hostert, head of the Geomatics Lab at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and advisor of this work, accompanied me during most of my remote sensing career. His feedback to my work was always valuable and honest, the outcome of discussions fruitful, and his advice was an important guideline. These were essential drivers for me to take up and – more important – to finish this dissertation. For the past two years I was fortunate to work in two research groups.